Scott Hackett News Today

State and wildlife officials gathered to honor the Hackett family after the Bitterroot Valley ranch theyve owned for over 100 years was officially preserved under a conservation easement.

The mum of a young boy with special needs is among volunteers set to make a fundraising skydive for a pioneering centre being built in Inverness.

“I can tell you that I’ve been with the department for 20 years and I can only think of one time that I was that afraid,” said former fire chief

On the same night five years ago that Scott Hackett became Victor Fire Chief and Mason Kay was appointed the assistant, the two men found themselves responding to a house fire south of town. “I remember running command and he was there in fire gear going into the house right away,” Kay said. “He always loved the firefighting side of it. He wants to be the one going into the house. Not the one telling others to do that.” Not long ago, Hackett turned over his chief’s whit...